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Unified Data Center Products

  • Messaging

    Unified Computing System

    Scale service delivery and simplify requirements for data center setup, management, power, cooling, and cabling.

    • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

      Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

      • Increase performance, flexibility, and scale for virtualized and non-virtualized applications
      • Deploy applications faster and manage connectivity as needed
      • Get memory and I/O capacity to meet every need
      • Reduce the number of adapters, cables, and access-layer switches needed for LAN and SAN connectivity
    • Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis

      Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis

      • Accommodate up to 8 half-width or 4 full-width Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
      • Accelerate deployment with unified fabric and fabric-extender technology for data centers
      • Improve density with smaller units of scale with a reduced footprint
      • Reduce physical components, eliminate siloed management, and improve data center efficiency
    • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers

      Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers

      • Improve total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility
      • Balance simplicity, performance, and density for production-level virtualization, web infrastructure, and data center workloads
      • Extend the benefits of Cisco Unified Computing with Cisco Extended Memory and Virtual Interface Card technologies

    • Cisco UCS Manager

      Cisco UCS Manager

      • Manages Cisco UCS servers across multiple blade chassis and rack servers as one logical, highly available entity
      • Provides UCS visibility and control to management ecosystem partners using a comprehensive XML API
      • Automates and simplifies infrastructure provisioning and maintenance, allowing more time for strategic initiatives
      • Improves IT productivity and agility with an automated programmable infrastructure
      • Policy-driven QoS and security compliance is automated with UCS Manager Service Profiles and templates
    • Cisco UCS Central

      Cisco UCS Central

      • Simplifies management of multiple Cisco UCS domains across data centers and geographies with global templates and policies
      • Provides a centralized fault summary for faster problem resolution and improved reliability
      • Improves IT productivity with centralized inventory and automated policy-based firmware upgrades
      • Uses the same interface as UCS Manager and maintain RBAC at both UCS Manager and UCS Central levels

    • Cisco Cloupia

      Cisco Cloupia

      • Unifies management across computing, networking, storage, and virtualization layers
      • Provides comprehensive management of physical and virtual resources
      • Increases IT efficiency
      • Gives IT the flexibility to adapt to changing business requirements
    • Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects

      Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects

      • Deliver line-rate, lossless 10 GE and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), with native Fibre Channel SAN connectivity
      • Provide more than double the ports of the prior generation with universal port connectivity
      • Lower barriers to deploying a virtualized environment for data centers
      • Provide single-wire connectivity for LAN, SAN, and unified management, including rack servers
      • Support native storage zoning and direct attached storage
    • Cisco UCS Fabric Extenders for UCS Blade Server Chassis

      Cisco UCS Fabric Extenders for UCS Blade Server Chassis

      • Provide converged LAN, SAN, and management connectivity to blade servers with the same hardware
      • Offer flexibility of LAN Ethernet/FCoE 1/10 GE or SAN Native Fibre Channel
      • Improve bandwidth utilization via load balancing with Port Channels
      • Manage chassis power supply, fans, and blades via the fabric interconnects
    • Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders for UCS Rack Servers

      Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders for UCS Rack Servers

      • Seamless inclusion of UCS rack servers into UCS Manager domain with UCS blade servers
      • Connect rack servers to UCS fabric interconnects with a single cable for I/O and management
      • Provide converged LAN, SAN, and management connectivity to blade servers with the same hardware
      • Deploy the right server and keep management simple by integrating with UCS fabric interconnects and UCS Manager
    • Cisco UCS 1200 Series VICs

      Cisco UCS 1200 Series VICs

      • Deliver up to 80 Gbps aggregate server bandwidth
      • Wire-Once Architecture - simplify network infrastructure and reduce cost
      • Enhance Virtual Machine management and visibility using Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)
      • Available for both Cisco blade and rack servers
    • VIC 1240

      B-Series Blade Server VICs: VIC 1240, VIC 1280, and M81KR

      • Reduce TCO by consolidating NICs, HBAs, cables, switches, and physical servers
      • Collapse networking infrastructure using Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)
      • Provide I/O policy coherency and visibility to help enable workload mobility
      • Promote hypervisor and Cisco UCS Manager integration
    • VIC 1225

      C-Series Rack Server VICs: VIC 1225 and P81E

      • Deliver up to 20 Gbps aggregate bandwidth in a rack-server-optimized form factor
      • Reduce TCO by consolidating network interface cards, host bus adapters, and other devices
      • Collapse networking infrastructure using Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)
      • Provide I/O policy coherency and visibility to enable workload mobility
      • Enable integration with UCS Manager domains
    • LSI 400GB Adapter

      UCS Storage Accelerators: Fusion-io Adapter and LSI 400GB Adapter

      • Speed up data access with reduced storage access latency
      • Increase data caching intelligence and reduce complexity
      • Boost application performance of database workloads
      • Improve performance of virtualized desktops and applications
    • NVIDIA Grid K1 and K2

      Graphics Processing Units (GPUs): NVIDIA Grid K1 and K2

      • Improve performance by offloading compute-intensive portions to a GPU
      • Use the power of parallel processing for applications
      • Improve VDI graphics performance in virtualized environments
      • Enhance user productivity with faster and more flexible business applications
    • UCS E-Series Servers

      UCS E-Series Servers

      • Single and double- width form factors housed inside the Cisco ISR G2 chassis
      • Compact data-center-class servers with Intel® Xeon® E3 and E5-2400 series processors
      • Dedicated blade management with Integrated Management Controller; consistent management with standalone Cisco UCS C-Series
      • Virtualization-ready hardware with support for Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Citrix Xen Server
      • Ability to host applications locally, either bare-metal or virtualized, depending on business needs
    • Cisco R Series Racks

      Cisco R Series Racks

      • Ideal for mission-critical data center environments that require reliability, structural integrity, and security
      • Deliver exceptional power, cooling, and cable management
      • Optimized and certified for use with the Cisco Unified Computing System
      • Part of a complete infrastructure solution, including computing, network, rack, power, and services
    • Cisco RP Series Power Distribution Units

      Cisco RP Series Power Distribution Units

      • Offer flexible, reliable, easy-to-deploy power distribution with branch circuit protection
      • Cost-effectively and efficiently distribute power to up to 24 outlets
      • Protect against overload conditions and simplify cabling from the rack
      • Optimized and certified for use with the Cisco Unified Computing System
  • IP Communications

    Data Center Security

    Strengthen security for your critical applications, infrastructure, and data while helping to ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance.

  • Data Center Switching

    Data Center Switching

    Increase business agility, simplify operations, and protect your investment with the architectural flexibility provided by data center switching.

    • Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

      Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

      • Provides the switching foundation for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
      • Supports up to 1.92 terabits switching capacity per slot
      • Delivers high-density 1,10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet today, and is 100 GE-ready
      • Operates in standard Cisco NX-OS as well as in ACI mode
      • Offers full virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) bridging, routing, and gateway support
    • Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

      Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

      • Offers highest switching capacity; up to 1.3 terabits per slot, 83+ terabits per chassis
      • Provides high 1,10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet scalability
      • Offers the industry's most comprehensive data center feature set
      • Delivers advanced services; high availability; hitless In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
      • Is ideal for data center access, aggregation, and core deployments
    • Cisco Nexus 6000 Series

      Cisco Nexus 6000 Series

      • Are ideal for access- and space-constrained aggregation deployments
      • Support up to 96 40 GE ports or 384 10 GE and up to 160 unified ports
      • Deliver comprehensive Layer 2 and 3 functionality at line rate and low latency
      • Support Cisco Fabric Extender architecture and true 40 GE FCOE for LAN and SAN convergence
      • Include a comprehensive analytics tool kit
    • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

      Cisco Nexus 5000 Series

      • Are ideal for 10 GE top-of-rack access deployments
      • Deliver broad connectivity support, including GE, 10 GE, 10GBASE-T, 40 GE, unified ports, Fibre Channel, and FCOE
      • Support comprehensive Layer 2 and 3 features for LAN and SAN traffic
      • Support hardware VXLAN (Layer 2 and 3, gateway) and are, Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)-capable
    • Cisco Nexus 3000 Series

      Cisco Nexus 3000 Series

      • Deliver flexibility, high density, and performance for top-of-rack deployments
      • Support mobility and tenant isolation with VXLAN
      • Include Python scripting, Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEM), and XML management tools
      • Deliver a comprehensive SDN solution, including OpenFlow and Cisco OnePK
    • Cisco Nexus 2000 Series

      Cisco Nexus 2000 Series

      • Provides 100 MB, 1 GE to 10 GE server connectivity with 10 and 40 GE uplinks
      • Optimizes space for top-of-rack (ToR) topologies
      • Reduces data center cabling costs and footprint with optimized inter-rack cabling
      • Extends support to partner blade servers like HP and Fujitsu
    • Cisco NX-OS for Nexus Switches

      Cisco NX-OS for Nexus Switches

      • Builds on proven LAN and SAN deployments
      • Supported across Cisco Nexus and MDS switching families
      • Offers high availability, virtualization services, and convergence
      • Provides flexibility for integrating new innovations and evolving industry standards
  • Data Center Management and Automation

    Data Center Management and Automation

    Increase efficiency with IT automation products that save time, provide clear visibility, and strengthen control over operations.

  • Storage Networking

    Storage Networking

    Cisco MDS solutions establish new benchmarks for storage networks with superior performance, reliability, and architectural flexibility.

  • Virtual Networking

    Virtual Networking

    Get highly secure multitenant services by adding virtualization intelligence technology from Cisco to your data center network.

    • Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for Microsoft Hyper-V

      Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for Microsoft Hyper-V

      • Includes an advanced NX-OS feature set and associated partner ecosystem
      • Innovative network services architecture supports scalable multitenant environments
      • Offers a consistent operational experience across physical and virtual environments and hypervisors
      • Tightly integrates with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 (SCVMM)
    • Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere

      Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere

      • Integrates directly with VMware vSphere hypervisors
      • Delivers virtual machine-aware network services such as VM mobility in cloud environments
      • Accelerates server virtualization deployments and simplifies management
      • Reduces total cost of ownership; provides consistency and network visibility
    • Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud

      Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud

      • Extends the enterprise private cloud to the public cloud
      • Provides consistent network policies and services across private and public clouds
      • Offers application transparency with L2 extension
      • Uses a simple single pane of management
      • Virtual form factor helps enable easy deployment
    • Cisco Nexus 1100 Series Cloud Services Platform

      Cisco Nexus 1100 Series Cloud Services Platform

      • Dedicated hardware platform supports critical virtualization infrastructure
      • Offloads application servers from running virtual service nodes
      • Improves scalability and performance of virtualized data center
      • Separates security policy management from VMware virtualization administration
    • Cisco Virtual Security Gateway for Nexus 1000V Switch

      Cisco Virtual Security Gateway for Nexus 1000V Switch

      • Integrates with Cisco Nexus 1000V vPath technology and is hypervisor-agnostic as Cisco Nexus 1000V is available on multiple hypervisors
      • Offers best-in-class, efficient, fast, and scale-out, zone-based security architecture
      • Delivers security policy enforcement and visibility at a virtual machine level that follows VM mobility
      • Logically isolates applications in virtual data centers and multitenant environments
      • Provides ease of deployment and consistent operational experience (separation of duties between security and server administrators)
  • Enterprise Social Software

    Application Networking Services

    Protect critical applications, infrastructure, and data while increasing application availability and reducing costs.

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